Health systems and health insurance plans spend enormous sums of money battling over how to be paid fairly — and these battles have only intensified with the growth of Medicare Advantage plans, which ...
Drug utilization management such as prior authorization and stricter formularies cost the healthcare industry $93 billion annually, with patients bearing the largest share of the cost, a new study ...
Utilization management in Medicare Part D has become more restrictive over the last decade, even when compared to Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, according to a new study. The study, ...
Jill O'Brien, Morton Hospital's new CMO, says the essence of utilization management is providing the right care for the right patient in the right setting at the right time. The new CMO of Morton ...
As value-based oncology expands, specialized social work is moving from “nice to have” to a measurable lever for adherence, ...
BREA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCH Management Systems, Inc., D/B/A New Century Health (NCH), a national leader in specialty care management, today announced it has been accredited in Utilization ...
Panelists discuss how utilization management limits clinical autonomy and advocate for reforms that preserve shared, patient-centered decision-making. Panelists discuss how increasing utilization ...
The administrative burden of utilization review processes like prior authorizations and concurrent review has long been a thorn in the side of healthcare providers. While prior authorizations have ...
The medical leader details how one payer practices utilization management. For our series The Exec, Dr. Cathy Moffitt — SVP and Aetna Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health — talked 21 st century ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, VirtualHealth announced the release of a completely redesigned Utilization Management (UM) module within its cloud-based care management solution HELIOS®. The newly ...
About half of the patients in this study did not fill any smoking cessation medication following a rejected claim for varenicline. The study population included patients at least 18 years of age, ...